Rodrigo Marmol

Meet Rodrigo Marmol. Rodrigo Marmol is originally from Caracas, Venezuela. At seventeen years of age, Rodrigo decided to move to the United States to pursue a degree in Mechanical Engineering and to play NCAA soccer. Rodrigo received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Saint Thomas, MN in 2016.

After completing his Undergraduate degree in May 2016, Rodrigo started a role as Design Engineer at Power Engineering and Manufacturing. Rodrigo participated in multiple Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) development projects for large powersports companies.

In July of 2018, Rodrigo joined 3M as an Application Engineer for Industrial Adhesives and Tapes Division.

Today, Rodrigo is a Senior Application Engineer at 3M, where he focuses on new application development for Industrial Adhesives and Tapes Division in Converter Markets. Rodrigo is one of two Application Engineers leading the technical team that provides customer assistance to the USAC region including but not limited to: technical and application support, new product market introduction and existing product maintenance, testing, evaluating, qualifying, and implementing solutions to customer assembly challenges.

In addition, Rodrigo serves as the chair to the global converter expertise chapter collaborating with colleagues around the world to share knowledge on converting processes and 3M technology.

Rodrigo’s leadership is not reserved only for scientific and engineering advances, but also for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Rodrigo has held multiple positions on the executive board for 3M’s Latino Resource Network, a 3M Employee Resource Group. Furthermore, Rodrigo served in the 3M Society of Hispanic and Professional Engineers Diversity Recruiting Team leading the national convention efforts for the company.

Outside of work Rodrigo enjoys traveling, spending time with family, working out, and making his own hot sauce.